HOHK IN BOHDI NOH BIG PAN AM, PAS IN FEHDA IN VOIS. (Kono) The hawk's
body isn't big, just the sound of its wings.

IF KAKROCH SE I DE DANS, KOHL KAK, LEH I KAM NAK SANGBA FOH-RAM. If the
cockroach says he will dance, call the cock, have him come and beat the drum for him.

IF KRESMAN TEK YU KLOS, YU NOH FOH ROHN AFTA-RAM YU NEKEHD WAN. IF YU DU
AM, DEHN GO TEK UNA TU AS KRESMAN DEHN. (Kono) If a madman takes your clothes you
shouldn't run after him naked. If you do, people will think that both of you are crazy.

IF MOHTA-MAN BIN TAN LEHK POHNKI, YU FOH NAK AM FOH SI SE I FUL BIFO YU
PIK AM. If a human being were like a pumpkin, you could thump him to see if he was full
before you picked him.

IF PIKIN SE NA IN NEM BANANA LIF, WE BRIZ KOHMOHT, UNA LEHF AM. (Kono) If
a child says his name is Banana Leaf, when a wind comes up, drop him.

IF WUMAN BIN TAN LEHK FUFU, MAN GO FIL AM BIFO I MARED AM. If a woman
were like fufu, a man could feel her before he married her.

IF YAI WAN BOHS, I DE TOHMEHNT FOHS. (Kono)

IF YU DE GO NA HIL FOH PUL SARA FOH DEHN DEHBUL DEHN, YU MITOHP DEHN NA
ROD, YU GO GO EGEN? (Mende) If you are going to the hill to make a sacrifice for the
devils there and you meet them on the way, will you still go?

IF YU LISTIN PAN MAKIT NOIS, YU NOH GO BAI WETIN YU WANT. If you listen
to the market noise, you won't buy what you want.

IF YU NOH LEHK DI FRUT, YU NOH FOH LEHK DI SID. (Mende) If you don't like
the fruit, you shouldn't like the seed.

IF YU TEK TEHM KIL ANCH (MASKITA) YU GO SI IN GOHT. If you kill an ant
(mosquito) carefully, you will see its guts.

IF YU TROWE ASIS, ASIS GO FALA YU. If you throw ashes, ashes will follow
you. If you try to make trouble for others, you will bring it upon yourself.

IF YU WAN WET FOH SAN, SIDOHN NIA FAIA. (Kono) If you want to achieve
something, you have to suffer first.

IF YU WANT OHL, YU DE LOHS OHL. If you want everything, you will lose
everything.

IF YU YAMS WET, KOHBA-RAM. If your yam is white, cover it.

INCH NO IN MASTA, KABASLOHT NO IN MISIS. An implication knows its master
(just as) a dress knows its mistress. Used to warn people when you are aware you are the
object of their insinuating remarks.

IVIN WOHM SEHF KIN VEHKS. (Kono) Even a worm can get angry. Enough is
enough. "Even a worm will turn." Worms live in swamps, and are therefore assumed
to have a "cold" temperment

PIKIN NOH GO KOHNFEHS SE NA-IN KIL IN DADI IN TON: IN MAMA GO KWIZ IN
TROT. (Mende) A child won't confess that he made his father impotent (through witchcraft):
his mother will strangle him.

PIKIN SABI ROHN, BOHT I NOH SABI HAID. A child knows how to run, but he
doesn't know how to hide.

PIKIN WE NOH YEHRI IN MAMA IN WOHD, NA TRIT GO MEHN AM. A child who
doesn't listen to its mother will be brought up by the street. A child who is disobedient
at home will eventually have to face the consequences of a poor upbringing.

WAN FUT. BOHT IF YU DANS WIT TU FUT, DEHN GO KOHT DI OHDA WAN OHNDA YU.
(Kono) When you go to a country where the people dance on one foot, you should dance on
one foot as well. If you dance on two feet, they'll cut one of them from under you.

WAN MAN NOH DE FUL BOHKS. One man can't fill the box. A woman needs
several lovers to fulfill her material wants.

WAN TIK NOH DE MEK FOHREHST. (Mende) One tree doesn't make a forest.

WANT-WANT NOH GEHT, GEHT-GEHT NOH WANT. Those who want don't have, those
who have don't want.

WATA NOH GO FOHGEHT IN OLD ROD. (Kono) Water never forgets its old bed.

WE KAKROCH WAN HALAKI, I DE GO INSAI PAMAI BOHTUL [I SE I DE MARED NA
FOHL KOHNTRI]. When a cockroach wants to come to grief, he goes inside a palm oil bottle
[he says he will marry in chicken country].

WE LEPEHT DAI, IN BOHDI SOHFA. (Kono) When the leopard dies, his body
suffers.